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www.phosphorusplatform.eu/espc2/5th & 6th March 2015

Berlin

Programme

NOTE certain speakers are invited and not yet confirmed to date

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European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform

Brings together companies, knowledge institutes, public establishments, NGOs, agricultural organisations, to:

• Define a long-term vision for phosphorus sustainability in Europe

• Promote P use efficiency, reduce P losses, develop P-recycling and reuse

• Facilitate phosphorus value-chains, collaborative actions

• Create green jobs in a circular economy

Join to participate and benefit: • Dialogue, networking, information

exchange, expertise• Innovation, business cases, benchmarking• Develop projects, capacity building• Define policy proposals and address

regulatory questions: P reuse & recycling, fertilisers, chemi-

cals/REACH, compost/digestate, waste and wastewater treatment, agriculture, food quality and contaminants, EU raw materials strategy …

• Phosphorus knowledge agenda: define R&D priorities, avoid duplication,

connect to EU Horizon 2020 and EIPs• Communications and visibility (including

in SCOPE Newsletter)

Members to date:Biorefine, DEFRA – Environment Agency, Ecophos, Fertilizers Europe, Flanders Nutrient Platform (Belgium), FHNW, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, ICL, Italmatch, Lancaster Uni., Kanton Zurich, Kemira, KWB, Netherlands Nutrient Platform, NuReSys, Ostara, Outotec, OVAM, PAPA (Cefic), Science Campus Rostock, Phos4Ever, SEI, Severn Trent, Thames Water, United Utilities, Wetsus, WssTP

The Deutsche Phosphor-Plattform DPP e.V., established as a registered association since 12th February 2015, is the national institution for a sustainable phosphorus management in Germany.The DPP has the objectives to• support networking of phosphorus related

stakeholders from agriculture, engineering, science, policy and municipalities,

• create interdisciplinary understanding,• develop guidelines and recommendations on

best practices for policy makers,• provide data on mass flows and qualities of

phosphorus in Germany,• accompany and to coordinate projects,• establish meetings, seminars and workshops to

focused P-related topics,• disseminate knowledge and needs of a

sustainable phosphorus use to the public.To become a member fill in the membership application directly on the conference or contact us: [email protected] www.deutsche-phosphor-plattform.de

Deutsche Phosphor-Plattform

www.phosphorusplatform.eu@phosphorusfacts

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European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference 2015 Taking P to the next level!

Moderator: Sonja van Renssen (freelance journalist Climate, Energy & Environment)Venue: Scandic Berlin Potsdamer Platz, Gabriele Tergitpromenade 19, D-10785 Berlin, Germany

Following the successful first edition of the ESPC (European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference) in Brussels in 2013, and the launch of the European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform, Berlin this March will be the stage for ESPC2. Leading experts and decision makers in the field of phosphorus management will come together to exchange knowledge and experiences and take action. Join us for two days of inspiration and motivation in taking P to the next level!

The conference will showcase phosphorus management success stories and business cases, with presentations and parallel sessions covering the themes below, and working round-tables to enable participants to meet and discuss joint actions and projects.

The organizers would like to thank the following organisations for their substantial financial support of the conference:

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Plenary opening session

09:00 - 09:10 Intro/Welcome• Short welcome from conference organisers• Introduction of moderator Sonja van Renssen

• Stefan Gäth, Board of the German Phosphorus Platform• Arnoud Passenier, President of the European Sustainable

Phosphorus Platform ESPP

09:10 - 09:30 • Germany’s approach to phosphorus as a Critical Raw Material• German policy on phosphorus recycling from sewage• Taking knowledge into implementation.

• Florian Pronold, Parliamentary State Secretary for the Environment (BMUB)

09:30 - 09:40 • Länder actions on sustainable phosphorus and circular economy

• Martin Kneisel, Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector Baden- Wuerttemberg

What since 2013?

09:40 – 10:00 • Why the Netherlands are committed to support P sustainability in Europe and worldwiwde – Netherlands a frontrunner in innovation

• Why a European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference• Outcomes of the first European Sustainable Phosphorus

Conference (2013): conclusions, actions since

• Arnoud Passenier

10:00 – 10:20 • EU work on the sustainable use of phosphorus • Pia Bucella, EC DG Environment

10:20 – 10:40 • Fostering research and innovation in support of circular economy

• Luisa Prista, EC DG Research & Innovation

10:40 – 11:00 • Sustainable phosphorus management; meeting the needs of civil society

• David Sears, European Economic & Social Committee

11:00 – 11:30 Press conference and Coffee break in exhibition and poster area

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Plenary opening session

09:00 - 09:10 Intro/Welcome• Short welcome from conference organisers• Introduction of moderator Sonja van Renssen

• Stefan Gäth, Board of the German Phosphorus Platform• Arnoud Passenier, President of the European Sustainable

Phosphorus Platform ESPP

09:10 - 09:30 • Germany’s approach to phosphorus as a Critical Raw Material• German policy on phosphorus recycling from sewage• Taking knowledge into implementation.

• Florian Pronold, Parliamentary State Secretary for the Environment (BMUB)

09:30 - 09:40 • Länder actions on sustainable phosphorus and circular economy

• Martin Kneisel, Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector Baden- Wuerttemberg

What since 2013?

09:40 – 10:00 • Why the Netherlands are committed to support P sustainability in Europe and worldwiwde – Netherlands a frontrunner in innovation

• Why a European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference• Outcomes of the first European Sustainable Phosphorus

Conference (2013): conclusions, actions since

• Arnoud Passenier

10:00 – 10:20 • EU work on the sustainable use of phosphorus • Pia Bucella, EC DG Environment

10:20 – 10:40 • Fostering research and innovation in support of circular economy

• Luisa Prista, EC DG Research & Innovation

10:40 – 11:00 • Sustainable phosphorus management; meeting the needs of civil society

• David Sears, European Economic & Social Committee

11:00 – 11:30 Press conference and Coffee break in exhibition and poster area

Success stories

11:30 – 12:30

8 - 10 success stories x 5 mins each

• Rosanna Kleemann (UK), Thames Water Utilities, Struvite recovery from wastewater• Alexander Schitkowsky (DE), Berlin Water, Berliner Pflanze – A value chain from production to market• Carl Dewaele (BE), NURESYS – From P recovery to fertilizer production• Cecilia Bertholds (SE), Käppala WWTP, Sewage biosolids reuse in agriculture• Philippe Becquet (CH), DSM, development of phytase in animal feed• Xiangyang Chen (CN), Tianshui Sweetest Apples Company, Urine use in fruit production• Viooltje Lebuf VCM (BE), Manure management in Flanders• Ottilia Thoreson (SE), WWF, Baltic farmers prize (video)

12:30 – 13:00 Panel discussion of success stories and Q&A. Panellists = the success story presenters

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch in restaurant

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Parallel sessions I

14:00 – 15:30

1 ½ hours = 3 x 15” talks plus 45” discussion

P in the environment – Reducing phosphorus losses: big returns on big investmentsActions and projects addressing eutrophication, river, coastal and marine eutrophicationMarine conventions and watershed managementSuccess stories in eutrophication restorationOpportunities for nutrient recovery from eutrophic ecosystemsSolutions for farm level nutrient management and soil erosion prevention• Mathias Bergman (FI), Baltic Sea Action Group: Cost efficient and profitable ways to

counteract eutrophication• Beata Jurga (PL), Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Polish P index• Peter Leinweber (DE), Rostock P Campus,• Kuno Kasak (EE), Univ. of Tartu (Estonia) Prevention of P losses from agriculture

• Moderator: Ottilia Thoreson, WWF• Rapporteur: Rostock P Campus

P from farm to fork – Phosphorus sustainability and innovation in the agricultural supply and the food industry• Will Brownlie (submitted) meat in diet and P sustainability• Rob de Ruijter, EcoPhos, From Ash to fertilizer• Frank de Ruijter, Wageningen University and Sustainability Consortium

• Moderator: Rainer Schnee, Budenheim• Rapporteur: tbc

Phosphorus, global food security, planetary boundariesGeopolitical issues, international cooperation, global nutrient governance• Felix Ekardt, P Science Campus Rostock• Arno Rosemarin, SEI Stockholm Environment Institute• Helena Kahiluoto, LUKE Natural Resources Institute Vantaa

• Moderator: Oene Onema, Wageningen UR• Rapporteur: Kimo Van Dijk, Wageningen

University

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

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Parallel sessions I

14:00 – 15:30

1 ½ hours = 3 x 15” talks plus 45” discussion

P in the environment – Reducing phosphorus losses: big returns on big investmentsActions and projects addressing eutrophication, river, coastal and marine eutrophicationMarine conventions and watershed managementSuccess stories in eutrophication restorationOpportunities for nutrient recovery from eutrophic ecosystemsSolutions for farm level nutrient management and soil erosion prevention• Mathias Bergman (FI), Baltic Sea Action Group: Cost efficient and profitable ways to

counteract eutrophication• Beata Jurga (PL), Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Polish P index• Peter Leinweber (DE), Rostock P Campus,• Kuno Kasak (EE), Univ. of Tartu (Estonia) Prevention of P losses from agriculture

• Moderator: Ottilia Thoreson, WWF• Rapporteur: Rostock P Campus

P from farm to fork – Phosphorus sustainability and innovation in the agricultural supply and the food industry• Will Brownlie (submitted) meat in diet and P sustainability• Rob de Ruijter, EcoPhos, From Ash to fertilizer• Frank de Ruijter, Wageningen University and Sustainability Consortium

• Moderator: Rainer Schnee, Budenheim• Rapporteur: tbc

Phosphorus, global food security, planetary boundariesGeopolitical issues, international cooperation, global nutrient governance• Felix Ekardt, P Science Campus Rostock• Arno Rosemarin, SEI Stockholm Environment Institute• Helena Kahiluoto, LUKE Natural Resources Institute Vantaa

• Moderator: Oene Onema, Wageningen UR• Rapporteur: Kimo Van Dijk, Wageningen

University

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

Parallel sessions II

16:00 – 17:30

1 ½ hours = 3 x 15” talks plus 45” discussion

Agricultural phosphorus efficiency and sustainable intensification• Allan Buckwell, RISE Foundation Sustainable intensification• Debbie Mc Connell, ECIP European Cattle Innovation Partnership• Javier Brañas Lasala, Fertiberia

• Moderator: Stephanie Fischinger, Bioland• Rapporteur: Kurt Möller, Univ. Hohenheim

Skill development for closing the P cycleAfter a brief presentation that sets the scene of the skill development challenge related to greening the economy and establishing a circular economy, participants will be split in small groups to discuss how to translate this general skill development challenge to « skill development for closing the phosphorus cycle ».• Sofie Bouteligier, OVAM (and on behalf of OECD)• Dirk Halet, VLAKWA

• Moderator: Stefan Gäth, DPP• Rapporteur: Sofie Bouteligier, OVAM

Regions implementing sustainable phosphorus managementNational & regional sustainable P policies• Sébastien Homo, Cooperl, France• Anders Nättorp, FHNW/P-REX, Switzerland• Linda Bagge, Danish EPA

• Moderator: Diane Duncan, Scotland – Highlands and Islands Enterprise

• Rapporteur: Anders Nättorp, FHNW and P-REX

17:30 – 19:00 Network drinks in exhibition and poster area – Possibility of side-sessions for company presentations

17:30 – 18:30 Announcement of establishment of the German Phosphate Platform (DPP) as a not-for-profit association (eV) and election of board

19:00 – 22:00 Network dinner at Scandic Hotel Dinner speech – tbc

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Theme discussions

8:30 – 10:00 and 10:30 – 12:00

Tables with c. 15 participants, enabling people to meet and discuss different themes face-to-face and allowing contacts between suppliers and users of expertise, technology, recycled phosphorus products.Each table lasts 1 ½ hours then participants move to a new table and same themes are discussed by new participants3 oral presentations x 5 mins max. No beamer, but presenters can distribute photocopies of slides, then discussionPresenters make their talk twice, to two tables of different participants.

Topic Short oral intro speakers Rapporteur Moderator & convenor

1 Awareness raising Marissa de Boer, SUSPHOS Video project Marissa de Boer, VU Amsterdam

Annemiek Strijker, NWP

2 Legal and economic policy options to foster sustainable nutrient management in Europe

Felix Ekardt, FNK, Leipzig/P Campus RostockSirja Hukari, FHNW/P-REX policy brief

Stephen Hinton, SSEF (Swedish Sustainable Economy Foundation)

Francesco Presicce, EC DG ENV

3 Bridging the gap between recovery and recycling

Christian Kabbe, Value chains and the eMarket for recovered nutrientsJan Neuber, Otto A. Müller Recycling

Dirk Halet, VLAKWA (Flanders Knowledge Center Water)

Christian Kabbe, P-REX/KWB

4 Perspectives for biological nutrient removal in municipal wastewater and synergy with P recovery

Bernd Heinzmann, Berliner WasserbetriebeWim Moerman, NuReSys

Wouter de Buck, Dutch NP Christian Schaum, IWA Resource Recovery Group

5 Nutrient recycling in composts and digestates

Fabrizio Adani, (Univ. Milano)Adrie Veeken, (ECN) fertiliser value of digestates

Nico Vanaken, OVAM Stefanie Siebert, European Compost Network

6 Sustainable manure management Tarja Haaranen – Ympäristö – from manure to fertilizer factory

tbc Viooltje Lebuf, VCM

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Topic Short oral intro speakers Rapporteur Moderator & convenor

7 Recovering nutrients in biorefineries and biofuels production

Mette Dam Jensen, Krüger – Denmark biorefinery concepts

Eric Liégeois, EC DG GROW Erik Meers, UGent/ Biorefine

8 Nutrient and energy recovery from chicken manures, animal residues

Michael D’Arcy, BHSL, IrelandGregory Krupnikovs, Rika Biofuels Ltd, UK Edward Someus, Terra Humana/Refertil, HU

Emilie Snauwaert, VCM Ludwig Hermann, Outotec

9 Nutrient recycling in organic farming Michael Jedelhauser, Ludwig Maximilians Univ., acceptance of recycled P by organic farmersOla Palm, JTI, food waste P for agriculture with full acceptance

Kurt Möller, Univ. Hohenheim

Stephanie Fischinger, Bioland e.V.

10 White Phosphorus – a strategic raw material and an opportunity for P recycling?

Carlos Galeano, Phos4EverUser industries

tbc Willem Schipper, WS Consulting

11 Phosphorus efficiency, what does it mean Cathal Buckley, TEAGASC, Ireland, P efficiency in 150 N Ireland farms

Laetitia Six, Fertilizers Europe

Antoine Hoxha, Fertilizers Europe

12 Plant availability of recovered P products Bengt Hansen, Kemira, long term availability of iron phosphate Ruben Sakrabani, Cranfield Univ., plant availability of biosolids

tbc tbc

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Topic Short oral intro speakers Rapporteur Moderator & convenor

13 Research integration and implementation agenda for P sustainability – what process to define one (NOT defining research priorities, but method to define them)

John Ingram, Oxford University, Priority research questions for the UK food systemSylvain Pellerin, INRA France, Trends in Phosphorus research over the last four decades – a bibliometric analysis 2013

Tomáš Turecki, EC DG Research & Innovation

Suzanne Faber, Isle Utilities

14 Financial instruments to foster sustainable nutrient management

Vittoria Paramithiotti for European Investment Bank

EIB Vittoria Paramithiotti, European Investment Bank (EIB)

15 Sound data alliance – MFAs, MSAs, nutrient flow analyses – data, action hotspots, criticality

Marijn van der Velde, JRC, monitoring and modellingJohan Selenius, EUROSTAT, Agriculture and Fisheries

Ottavia Zoboli, TU Vienna Kimo van Dijk, Wageningen University

16 LCA methodology aspects Joana Rocha, Chemical Institute, Prague, Czech Republic

Lukas Egle, TU Vienna Christian Remy, KWB/ P-REX

17 Phosphorus resources, supply and demand Roland Scholz, Global TraPs, Fraunhofer IGBArno Rosemarin, Stockholm Environment InstituteFriedrich Wellmer, retired president of the Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)Joost Edixhoven

Rob de Ruiter,[RBC]2 consultancy for EcoPhos

Roland Scholz, Global TraPs, Fraunhofer IGB

08:30 – 12:00 Closed session Working meeting for ESPP members producing or using struvite. REACH (art 2(7)d) registration exemption for recovered substances, waste/product status, elaboration of struvite quality and safety criteria to propose for consideration in the EU Fertiliser Regulation

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12:00 – 13:00 Lunch in restaurant – conclusions of tables on paperboards in exhibition area

International perspective

13:30 – 13:50 A success story of international cooperation (EU countries plus Russia) to protect and restore the Baltic

Monika Stankiewicz, HELCOM (Baltic Sea Commission)

13:50 – 14:10 Global policy experience with nitrogen: INI, Our Nutrient World, UN GPA … why not also phosphorus?

Will Brownlie on behalf of Mark Sutton, CEH / INI (International Nitrogen Initiative)

14:10 – 14:30 P sustainability research coordination and emerging networks: a North American view

Helen Rowe, NAPPS (North American Partnership for Phosphorus Sustainability)

DAY 2

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Posters will be displayed throughout the conference inside and outside the plenary conference room. Authors will be available for discussion by their poster during breaks

Title Author Institute

Uranium in phosphate fertilizers Michaela Achatzw Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), Germany

Crossing the valley of death for phosphorus Priyanka Banerjee VU Amsterdam

P dynamic in sediments of the Darß-Zingst-Bodden chain Franziska Bitschofsky University of Rostock

Scenarios for future agricultural phosphorus stocks and flows Benjamin Bodirsky Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Putting a Phosphorus Bounty on Society’s Bad Behaviour Will Brownlie Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Edinburgh

Reactive materials for P control in outdoor pools and bathing ponds Agnieszka Bus Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW

Reactive filter for phosphate control in backyard pond Agnieszka Karczmarczyk Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW

PhosFarm: sustainable P recovery from agricultural and food residues Alejandra Campos Cuellar Fraunhofer IGB Stuttgart

Phosphorus recovery from pig slurry and digestate in Flanders Jennifer Bilbao Fraunhofer IGB Stuttgart

Urine use in fruit production Xiangyang Chen Tianshui Sweetest Apples Company

Phosphorous valorization by modification of zeolites produced from flying ashes Jose Luis Cortina Barcelona TECH, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona

Sustainable P management in Spanish agricultural irrigated systems Farida Dechmi Unidad de Suelos y Riegos, Zaragoza

Phosphate and ammonium removal by modified natural zeolites Guaya Diana ETSEIB, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona

Eutrophication mitigation and phosphorus harvesting via PhosphoReduc technology Aleksandra Drizo Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

New possibilities for modelling dissolved phosphorus losses from agricultural areas Peter Fischer Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin

Phosphorus recovery with carbonized sewage sludge Kevin Friedrich University of Applied Sciences, Bingen

Criticality Assessment of Phosphorus regarding Specificity and Functionality Oliver Gantner Augsburg University, Germany

Luckily enough, green plants haven’t studied phosphorus chemistry Bengt Hansen Kemira

Phosphorus recycling using amorphous calcium silicate hydrates. Ohtake Hisao Osaka University

Impact of zeolite and soil moisture on P uptake Amir Hossein Shokouhi University of Tehran, Iran

P-Supplies of soils to meet sufficiency, efficiency, consistency Klaus Isermann Bureau of Sustainable Nutrition, Land Use and Culture (BSNLC), Hanhofen

Relative phosphorus availability in biosolids prediction model Alfred Jaouich Université du Québec à Montréal

DAY 2

Conclusions from sessions, contributions from workshops

14:30 – 14:45 Presentation of conclusions of R&D projects workshop (4th March) by DG Research and how this can fit into H2020 and DG Research orientations

Tomáš Turecki, EC DG Research & Innovation

14:45 – 15:30 Presentation of key conclusions of parallel sessions = 6 x 5 mins tbc

15:30 – 15:45 Phosphorus Grand Challenge – A $ 10 million prize Melodie Naja, Everglades Foundation

15:45 – 17:00 Panel – questions – discussion – conclusions and outcomesQuestions:• What are the priority areas: social, food, farm, efficiency,

eutrophication, reuse /recycling…?• What policies?• What structures for action?• What skills have to be developed and how?

• Max Schulman, MTK/ Copa-Cogeca• Eric Liégeois, EC, DG GROW • David Sears, EESC• Sofie Bouteligier, OVAM• Ottilia Thoreson, WWF• Mika Saariaho, Outotec• Luc Bossyns, Aquafin• Jacob Hansen, Fertilizers Europe

17:00 – 17:15 Closing statement tbc

17:15 – 17:30 Acknowledgements. Messages and actions. ESPC3 and Closure. Arnoud Passenier, ESPP

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Posters will be displayed throughout the conference inside and outside the plenary conference room. Authors will be available for discussion by their poster during breaks

Title Author Institute

Uranium in phosphate fertilizers Michaela Achatzw Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), Germany

Crossing the valley of death for phosphorus Priyanka Banerjee VU Amsterdam

P dynamic in sediments of the Darß-Zingst-Bodden chain Franziska Bitschofsky University of Rostock

Scenarios for future agricultural phosphorus stocks and flows Benjamin Bodirsky Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Putting a Phosphorus Bounty on Society’s Bad Behaviour Will Brownlie Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Edinburgh

Reactive materials for P control in outdoor pools and bathing ponds Agnieszka Bus Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW

Reactive filter for phosphate control in backyard pond Agnieszka Karczmarczyk Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW

PhosFarm: sustainable P recovery from agricultural and food residues Alejandra Campos Cuellar Fraunhofer IGB Stuttgart

Phosphorus recovery from pig slurry and digestate in Flanders Jennifer Bilbao Fraunhofer IGB Stuttgart

Urine use in fruit production Xiangyang Chen Tianshui Sweetest Apples Company

Phosphorous valorization by modification of zeolites produced from flying ashes Jose Luis Cortina Barcelona TECH, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona

Sustainable P management in Spanish agricultural irrigated systems Farida Dechmi Unidad de Suelos y Riegos, Zaragoza

Phosphate and ammonium removal by modified natural zeolites Guaya Diana ETSEIB, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona

Eutrophication mitigation and phosphorus harvesting via PhosphoReduc technology Aleksandra Drizo Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

New possibilities for modelling dissolved phosphorus losses from agricultural areas Peter Fischer Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin

Phosphorus recovery with carbonized sewage sludge Kevin Friedrich University of Applied Sciences, Bingen

Criticality Assessment of Phosphorus regarding Specificity and Functionality Oliver Gantner Augsburg University, Germany

Luckily enough, green plants haven’t studied phosphorus chemistry Bengt Hansen Kemira

Phosphorus recycling using amorphous calcium silicate hydrates. Ohtake Hisao Osaka University

Impact of zeolite and soil moisture on P uptake Amir Hossein Shokouhi University of Tehran, Iran

P-Supplies of soils to meet sufficiency, efficiency, consistency Klaus Isermann Bureau of Sustainable Nutrition, Land Use and Culture (BSNLC), Hanhofen

Relative phosphorus availability in biosolids prediction model Alfred Jaouich Université du Québec à Montréal

ESPC2015POSTERS

Conclusions from sessions, contributions from workshops

14:30 – 14:45 Presentation of conclusions of R&D projects workshop (4th March) by DG Research and how this can fit into H2020 and DG Research orientations

Tomáš Turecki, EC DG Research & Innovation

14:45 – 15:30 Presentation of key conclusions of parallel sessions = 6 x 5 mins tbc

15:30 – 15:45 Phosphorus Grand Challenge – A $ 10 million prize Melodie Naja, Everglades Foundation

15:45 – 17:00 Panel – questions – discussion – conclusions and outcomesQuestions:• What are the priority areas: social, food, farm, efficiency,

eutrophication, reuse /recycling…?• What policies?• What structures for action?• What skills have to be developed and how?

• Max Schulman, MTK/ Copa-Cogeca• Eric Liégeois, EC, DG GROW • David Sears, EESC• Sofie Bouteligier, OVAM• Ottilia Thoreson, WWF• Mika Saariaho, Outotec• Luc Bossyns, Aquafin• Jacob Hansen, Fertilizers Europe

17:00 – 17:15 Closing statement tbc

17:15 – 17:30 Acknowledgements. Messages and actions. ESPC3 and Closure. Arnoud Passenier, ESPP

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Title Author Institute

Innovation of phosphorus-efficient crop production and phosphorus cycling Marinus van des Maas Wageningen UR

Biogas digestates - effects on phosphorus supply to plants Telse Vogel University of Rostock

Waste water products as P fertilizer - An evaluation in the field Telse Vogel University of Rostock

Simultaneous P removal and recycling with Polonite multipurpose reactive filters Anders Norén Bioptech

Bavarian Phosphorus Strategy Sonja Wiesgickl Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Sulzbach-Rosenberg

Global stakeholder platforms for sustainable phosphorus governance Masaru Yarime University of Tokyo and University College London

National phosphorus flows in the Czech Republic Joana Rocha Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague

Up-flow velocity influence on struvite particle size distribution Maël Ruscalleda LEQUiA - University of Girona, Spain

Microbial recovery: a natural solution for phosphate demands Mohammad Ali Malboobi SWede Green Biotech, Stockholm,

Polish P-Index - characterization of P-risk model’s crucial components Beata Jurga Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation IUNG-PIB, Poland

Phosphorus management and recovery from wastewater as struvite Laura Pastor Depuración de Aguas del Mediterráneo (DAM)

ICL: Your partner to use recovered P Kees Langeveld ICL Fertilizers Europe

Nutrient recovery and recycling in European agriculture Allan Buckwell RISE Foundation

Outotec Modular Energy and Phosphorus Recovery Processes Ludwig Hermann Outotec

The Role of Struvite from Sewage Sludge in a regional Phosphorus Flow Analysis Jürgen Kern Leibniz-Institute for Agricultural Engineering Potsdam-Bornim e.V.

TL-BIOFER: twin-layer system for microalgae biofertilisers production in wwtps José Maria Gómez Palacios TL-BIOFER Consortium (LIFE+)

Plant availability of P in sludges and manures Kari Ylivainio Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

Responses to various dietary P-levels in growing pigs Christian Polley Leibniz Science Campus Phosphorus Research Rostock

Thermochemical treatment of sewage sludge ash for P-fertilizer production Hannes Herzel BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Germany

90% of the phosphorus removed from pig farms through scraping" Sébastien Homo Cooperl-Arc-Atlantique - French pig cooperative group

Manufacture of organic fertilizers from livestock manure : examples in Brittany Bertrand Convers The association IF2O (Organic Fertilizers for inter West France)

Engineering the Economy with dividend-bearing pollutant surcharges Stephen Hinton The Swedish Sustainable Economy Foundation

Nutrients (N & P) recovery optimisation through composting process: the REFERTIL results José Maria Gómez Palacios REFERTIL Consortium (FP7)

IWA Resource Recovery Cluster Hong Li International Water Association

Nutrient and energy recovery in WWTPs by pre-concentration and adsorption processes Carme Garcia-Belinchón Cetaqua, Water Technology Center.

Title Author Institute

Losses and efficiencies of phosphorus on a national level Michael Jedelhauser Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München

Transdisciplinary P research driven by a participative scientific comic Jens Kirstein Free University of Berlin

Phosphorus recovery from wastewater: local & national effects Rosanna Kleeman Surrey University, UK

Implementing agricultural phosphorus strategies to combat eutrophication Peter Kleinmann USDA-ARS, Pasture Syst. And Watershed Management Research Unit

Data structure in MFA and its effects on results: a comparison of P in Denmark and Austria Manfred Klinglmair Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby

Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi along forest soil sequences differing in P-availability Josef Kohler Freie Universität Berlin

Phosphorus from wastewater in agriculture - a risk assessment Fabian Kraus Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin and P-REX

Adsorptive phosphate recovery in decentralized wastewater treatment Marco Kunaschk Technische Universität Dresden

Policies for transition to sustainable P and N: Netherlands and Finland Anna Kuokkanen Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland.

Sediment of agricultural constructed wetland as site amendment Johanna Laakso University of Helsinki

The Swedish way to a cleaner sludge Kersti Linderholm Silver Mountain Environmental Engineering

Enhancing the bioavailability of phosphorus from organic wastes Jaakko Mäkelä Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Vantaa

Chemical precipitation of phosphorus in water and wastewater samples Mitrakas Manasis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Phosphorus use and acquisition efficiency of Solanum tuberosum L. Verena Pfahler University of Rostock

Phosphates in groundwater under grassland in Poland Stefan Pietrzak Institute of Technology and Life Science, Falenty, Poland

Polonite® & Sorbulite®: calcium silicate/hydrate for P removal & recovery Gunno Renman KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

A new biosolids derived fertiliser supports crop yields Ruben Sakrabani Cranfield University, UK

P externalities from EU agriculture Nikolinka Shakhrmanyan University of Lüneburg, Germany

Potential and value of recycled phosphate from organic wastes Stefanie Siebert European Compost Network ECN

In line: waste - biochar - phosphorus fertilizer Gerhard Soja AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Tulln

Animal bone biochar concentrated organic phosphorus fertilizer Edward Someus REFERTIL

Structure liming reduces phosphorus leaching from clay soils Annika Svanbäck Stockholm University Östersjöcentrum

Digestate as source of P renewable fertilizer Fulvia Tambone Ricicla Group, University of Milan

Chemical precipitation of phosphorus: the role of water components Athanasia Tolkou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

From Pee to P: role of civil society in nutrient recycling Karoliina Tuukkanen Global Dry Toilet Association of Finland

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Title Author Institute

Innovation of phosphorus-efficient crop production and phosphorus cycling Marinus van des Maas Wageningen UR

Biogas digestates - effects on phosphorus supply to plants Telse Vogel University of Rostock

Waste water products as P fertilizer - An evaluation in the field Telse Vogel University of Rostock

Simultaneous P removal and recycling with Polonite multipurpose reactive filters Anders Norén Bioptech

Bavarian Phosphorus Strategy Sonja Wiesgickl Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Sulzbach-Rosenberg

Global stakeholder platforms for sustainable phosphorus governance Masaru Yarime University of Tokyo and University College London

National phosphorus flows in the Czech Republic Joana Rocha Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague

Up-flow velocity influence on struvite particle size distribution Maël Ruscalleda LEQUiA - University of Girona, Spain

Microbial recovery: a natural solution for phosphate demands Mohammad Ali Malboobi SWede Green Biotech, Stockholm,

Polish P-Index - characterization of P-risk model’s crucial components Beata Jurga Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation IUNG-PIB, Poland

Phosphorus management and recovery from wastewater as struvite Laura Pastor Depuración de Aguas del Mediterráneo (DAM)

ICL: Your partner to use recovered P Kees Langeveld ICL Fertilizers Europe

Nutrient recovery and recycling in European agriculture Allan Buckwell RISE Foundation

Outotec Modular Energy and Phosphorus Recovery Processes Ludwig Hermann Outotec

The Role of Struvite from Sewage Sludge in a regional Phosphorus Flow Analysis Jürgen Kern Leibniz-Institute for Agricultural Engineering Potsdam-Bornim e.V.

TL-BIOFER: twin-layer system for microalgae biofertilisers production in wwtps José Maria Gómez Palacios TL-BIOFER Consortium (LIFE+)

Plant availability of P in sludges and manures Kari Ylivainio Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

Responses to various dietary P-levels in growing pigs Christian Polley Leibniz Science Campus Phosphorus Research Rostock

Thermochemical treatment of sewage sludge ash for P-fertilizer production Hannes Herzel BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Germany

90% of the phosphorus removed from pig farms through scraping" Sébastien Homo Cooperl-Arc-Atlantique - French pig cooperative group

Manufacture of organic fertilizers from livestock manure : examples in Brittany Bertrand Convers The association IF2O (Organic Fertilizers for inter West France)

Engineering the Economy with dividend-bearing pollutant surcharges Stephen Hinton The Swedish Sustainable Economy Foundation

Nutrients (N & P) recovery optimisation through composting process: the REFERTIL results José Maria Gómez Palacios REFERTIL Consortium (FP7)

IWA Resource Recovery Cluster Hong Li International Water Association

Nutrient and energy recovery in WWTPs by pre-concentration and adsorption processes Carme Garcia-Belinchón Cetaqua, Water Technology Center.

Title Author Institute

Losses and efficiencies of phosphorus on a national level Michael Jedelhauser Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München

Transdisciplinary P research driven by a participative scientific comic Jens Kirstein Free University of Berlin

Phosphorus recovery from wastewater: local & national effects Rosanna Kleeman Surrey University, UK

Implementing agricultural phosphorus strategies to combat eutrophication Peter Kleinmann USDA-ARS, Pasture Syst. And Watershed Management Research Unit

Data structure in MFA and its effects on results: a comparison of P in Denmark and Austria Manfred Klinglmair Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby

Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi along forest soil sequences differing in P-availability Josef Kohler Freie Universität Berlin

Phosphorus from wastewater in agriculture - a risk assessment Fabian Kraus Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin and P-REX

Adsorptive phosphate recovery in decentralized wastewater treatment Marco Kunaschk Technische Universität Dresden

Policies for transition to sustainable P and N: Netherlands and Finland Anna Kuokkanen Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland.

Sediment of agricultural constructed wetland as site amendment Johanna Laakso University of Helsinki

The Swedish way to a cleaner sludge Kersti Linderholm Silver Mountain Environmental Engineering

Enhancing the bioavailability of phosphorus from organic wastes Jaakko Mäkelä Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Vantaa

Chemical precipitation of phosphorus in water and wastewater samples Mitrakas Manasis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Phosphorus use and acquisition efficiency of Solanum tuberosum L. Verena Pfahler University of Rostock

Phosphates in groundwater under grassland in Poland Stefan Pietrzak Institute of Technology and Life Science, Falenty, Poland

Polonite® & Sorbulite®: calcium silicate/hydrate for P removal & recovery Gunno Renman KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

A new biosolids derived fertiliser supports crop yields Ruben Sakrabani Cranfield University, UK

P externalities from EU agriculture Nikolinka Shakhrmanyan University of Lüneburg, Germany

Potential and value of recycled phosphate from organic wastes Stefanie Siebert European Compost Network ECN

In line: waste - biochar - phosphorus fertilizer Gerhard Soja AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Tulln

Animal bone biochar concentrated organic phosphorus fertilizer Edward Someus REFERTIL

Structure liming reduces phosphorus leaching from clay soils Annika Svanbäck Stockholm University Östersjöcentrum

Digestate as source of P renewable fertilizer Fulvia Tambone Ricicla Group, University of Milan

Chemical precipitation of phosphorus: the role of water components Athanasia Tolkou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

From Pee to P: role of civil society in nutrient recycling Karoliina Tuukkanen Global Dry Toilet Association of Finland

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Please visit our stand at the exhibition area.

Animal Bone bioChar as concentrated organic Phosphorus fertilizer

Biochar is plant and/or animal biomass by-product based stabile carboniferous substance with

well defined/controlled quality, manufactured under reductive thermal conditions. “ABC”

Animal Bone bioChar is made of food grade category-3 bones, having ~30% P2O5 nutrient

composition with controlled release fertilization effect and applied as organic P fertilizer/

growing media/adsorbent. The ABC is highly macroporous, optimized for significant enhancing

of soil microbiological life, having high water holding and macromolecular organic nutrient

retention capacity. The high quality output ABC products aiming to reduce the use of mineral

fertilizers and intensive chemicals in agriculture; enhancing the environmental, ecological and

economical sustainability of food crop production. The ABC is manufactured by the advanced

“3R” zero emission carbon refinery technology, which technique and advanced product has

been developed under several EU co-financed applied RTD and industrial engineering

development programmes since 2002. Since 2011 the REFERTIL project developed a

new-generation zero emission industrial scale biochar technology for safe, economical and

ecological nutrient recovery process, most importantly Phosphorous, for conservation

agriculture. The REFERTIL converted applied Phosphorus recovery science into validated and

market competitive technology. The REFERTIL project also provides strong policy support to

the European Commission for Fertiliser-Regulation-revision safe biochar/compost products

use.

http://www.refertil.info Contact: Edward Someus [email protected]

Skype: edwardsomeus

Hitachi Zosen Corporation

Our business domains are Green Energy and Social Infrastructure Development & Disaster

Prevention. In the area of energy issues, we are providing energy-from-waste, wind farm,

photovoltaic/solar thermal power generation and other technologies, and expanding our business

as “The Environmental Hitachi Zosen” in aims of becoming number one in the world. We are also

focusing our efforts on everything from constructing seawater desalination plants to solve global

water shortages and performing maintenance on aging social infrastructure. We are also

accelerating our efforts to establish locations overseas in order to expand our business domain. The

Hitachi Zosen Group aims to deliver satisfaction to our stakeholders and contribute to society based

on our corporate philosophy, which states, “We contribute to a prosperous future by leveraging

technology to create value useful to society.” We look forward to your continued support as we

continue to develop and grow. Founded: 1881. Net sales 2014: 333 billion yen. Capital 45 billion

yen. Employees: 9,039. Address: 7-89, Nankokita 1-chome, Suminoe-ku, Osaka 559-8559, Japan.

Website and contact form: http://www.hitachizosen.co.jp/english/index.html

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Flanders’ Nutrient Platform

Flanders’ Nutrient Platform brings together all relevant stakeholders needed to close nutrient

cycles. Government, industry, research and knowledge institutes and civil society together

make possible the transition towards the sustainable phosphorus use and management. The

stand at the 2nd European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference highlights the main projects

and successes in Flanders.

Contact Sofie Bouteligier (OVAM): [email protected]

Dutch Nutrient Platform

The Nutrient Platform is a cross-sectoral network of Dutch organizations that believe in a

pragmatic approach towards nutrient scarcity. Frontrunners from the water sector, agriculture,

waste sector and chemical industry have joined forces to close nutrient cycles. Together with

the government, knowledge institutes and NGOs we accelerate the transition towards

sustainable nutrient management by creating a market for recycled nutrients.

Above all, the Nutrient Platform aims to turn the surplus of phosphorus in the Netherlands

into an opportunity. This surplus causes environmental problems. By recovering phosphorus

from our ‘waste’ streams and turning it into valuable new products, not only the environment

is improved but also the phosphorus cycle is closed.

Contact Wouter de Buck: [email protected]

Outotec Modular Energy and Phosphorus Recovery Processes

Outotec offers value-adding technologies and services to the energy industry with a view to

renewable resources. After decades of providing expertise and innovation to the mining and

metallurgical industries, Outotec realized that its capabilities, technologies and proprietary

equipment could be expanded to include the energy sector. Our offerings include combustion

and gasification technologies for various fuels, such as biomass, industrial side-products and

sludge, as well as unconventional oil winning and thermal processing of conventional fuels.

http://www.outotec.com/en/Products--services/Energy/

Contact: [email protected]

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KUBOTA Surface Melting Furnace for Phosphorus Recovery

KUBOTA Surface Melting Furnace(KSMF) is unique and commercialized technology which can

recover safety phosphorus from sewage sludge with high recovery ratio (more than 80%).

www.kubota-global.net Contact [email protected]

Leibniz ScienceCampus Phosphorus Research Rostock

The Leibniz-ScienceCampus Phosphorus Research Rostock focuses on the exploration of the

essential and irreplaceable element phosphorus and its diverse chemical compounds. We

investigate specific modes of action in agricultural and environmental systems as well as in

technical and industrial processes. The overall aim of the interdisciplinary collaboration is to

find solutions to counteract the limited phosphorus availability envisaged in the foreseeable

future by means of focused thematic networking. This task is a challenge to science,

agriculture and economy as a whole.

Cooperation partners of the ScienceCampus Phosphorus Research Rostock are the Leibniz

Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, the Leibniz

Institute for Farm Animal Biology, the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant

Research, the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology and the University of

Rostock (with 4 faculties).

The ScienceCampus Phosphorus Research is divided into four areas of research (clusters):

I. Phosphorus cycles and fluxes in the environment

II. Sufficiency and efficiency of phosphorus utilisation, phosphorus recycling

III. Phosphorus as an element in and as a result of catalytic processes

and as a cross-sectoral topic: The development of advanced phosphorus analysis methods

www.sciencecampus-rostock.de/

Contact: [email protected]

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Biorefine Cluster Europe – Energy & Nutrient Cycling for a Sustainable Economy

The Biorefine Cluster Europe interconnects projects and people within the domain of nutrient

and energy cycling. As such, the Cluster aims to contribute to a more sustainable resource

management, both from an economic and ecologic point of view. The cluster finds its origins in

the EU INTERREG IVB NWE project BIOREFINE on the recovery of inorganic minerals from

agro- and bio-industrial waste streams. The main goal of the Biorefine Cluster Europe is to

increase the interaction between its participating projects and consequently leverage the

projects’ impact on stakeholders as well as on the development of policies, business and

research projects. Although the Biorefine Cluster Europe only emerged early 2014, it is

currently in full growth, welcoming new projects and their consortia, applying for membership

at increasing pace. At the moment, the cluster contains 19 projects, with 163 partnering

entities, spread over 20 EU member states and a combined working budget of 55 million euro.

While the projects continue to operate autonomously, their association to the cluster increases

their impact by exchange of information, interlinking working plans wherever mutually

opportune and organizing joint events, publications, position papers, new proposals and the

BioRefine Bulletin, newsletter of the Biorefine Cluster.

www.biorefine.eu

Contact: Erik Meers: [email protected] and Eva Clymans: [email protected]

Faculty Bioscience Engineering, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry & Applied Ecochemistry,

Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

NuReSys recovers P & N from liquid waste streams

Nutrients Recovery Systems technology allows to make the available PO4-P and NH4-N react

with the added Mg to form struvite crystals. NuReSys knows how to make these crystals grow

to struvite prills (2 to 3 mm) which can easily be harvested for re-use. As crystals are pure by

nature, these struvite prills are for 99% pure and heavy metals content is far below the

allowed values. The first NuReSys phosphorus recovery system was built in 2006. Since then a

vast experience was gathered. In Flanders several plants were built at potato processing

plants which have high volumes and high concentrations of ortho-phosphate. Because the

Opex to remove and recover P & N through struvite recovery is far below the cost for P

precipitation into the sludge using FeCl3, the ROI showed to be extremely interesting and so

several plants were built. Recently two plants were installed to treat the concentrate of sludge

on Municipal WWTPs. NuReSys technology was also successfully applied directly on the sludge

at the exit of the digester. Bringing down the PO4-P was no problem; however we have some

doubts upon the origin and the volumes of the recovered struvite. We are further investigating

this point.

Contact: Carl Dewaele +32 475 62 73 33 [email protected]

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